Table-seat



. H. MESTRE.

TABLE SEAT. APPLICATION F|LED`.A UG.| 1919. 1 ,375,166. Patented Aplj. 19, 1921.

IN V EN TOR. w22-2125's' /9/5 ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES-PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD MESTRE, or sAN ERANcIscO, CALIFORNIA.

TABLE-SEAT.

To all whom t may concer/1t f Be it known that .I, HAROLD MESTRE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a certain new and useful Table-Seat, of which the following-is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in table seats andV has forits primary Object the provision of. acheap. strong, durable and simply constructed seat for packingtables in canneries Vand the like where a great manyv operators or workers. take positions for work along theV tables. .A

. Another object ofthe invention isv to pro- `vide a table seat of the character described working and whichwhile readily movable when unoccupied., tends to remain L1n the position in which it is'placed. I

The Invention possesses other advantageous features, some of which, with the foregoing, with be setforth at length-in the following description where I shall outline in full, that form of the invention which I have selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and formingpart of the present specification. .In said drawings -I have shown one form of the device of my invention, but it is to be understood that I donot limit myself to such form, since the invention, as expressed inthe claims, may be embodied in a plurality of forms. Referring to said drawings: Figure 1 is a fragmentary side'elevation of a packing-table showing the seats of my invention attached thereto.

Fig. 2is a perspective view ofthe seat y Specification of Letters Patent. Patented. App, 19, 19217', Applcationled August .7, 1919. Serial No. 315,851. v

rolled channeliron. The seat member has a standard whichY is vertically adjustablyr and the bracket is preferably constructed' to support showing it attached to the leg of the table. v f

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the seat proper.

Fig. 4t isa top plan view of one of the two locking plates.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevation of a part of the supporting means for the seat showing the spring means employed.

.In accordance with my invention there 1s provided a seat member which is supported by a horizontal supporting bar which bar is preferably formed of a straight piece of support two supporting arms so that two `seats may be attached to each table leg.

Serrated' plates are mounted on the bar andbracket respectively to frictionallyengage: one another so that when the seatis occupied the weight of the occupant will forceV 'the plates into lclose frictional engagement and thus restrain the bar and seat against ,free movement. f The plates, when the seat is unoccupied, frictionally engage sufficiently to prevent unintentional movement Of the bar so that the seat tends t0 remain in the position inwhichsit is placed `,whetheroccupied Or'unoccupied but when unoccupied may be readily moved as desired.

I mayy employ spring means to force they plates 'together so as to lnsure sufficient re- `strainingaction to cause the scat to remain in the position in whichit is placed when j not occupied my invention, are attached to the packingtable 1, that is, to the legs 2 of said table.

The seat of my invention comprises aseat .member 5, dependingl from the center of which is a standard 6. The standard 6 is provided with a series oftransverse openings 7 arranged one above the other therein. 1

Secured to the table leg2by a bracket 8,

*formed of the twofvangles 21 and 22, isa .horizontal channel iron supporting bar 9.

A pivot pin 10 is inserted throuo'h the bracket andbar to pivotally secure the bar tothe bracket. The bracketis large enough the openings7 vin the standard and rests upon the bar 9 tol hold the seat in'adjusted position. Secured to the upper end of the standard 6 is a cast spider 23 which is cast about the end ofthe spindle in a chill and the seat is suitably secured to the spider.

There is provided means to restrain the vto support another bar for an additional l seat against swinging outV of position when` occupied and for preventing unintentional movement of the seat Vwhen unoccupied.

This means comprises a sheet metal plate 14,

mounted on the bar 9 and resting upona.

similar plate l mountedl on the: bracketS.v 'Each' plate is provided 'on one edge With a right angularly disposed ,flange 16 which engages the respective edge orside face of the bar and bracket *to-prevent the plates 'from slipping relative to the bar vand bracket.

'Openings 17 are `formed `in `tzhefpla-tes and the pin passesthrough said `opeiiilngslto hold the plates iii/place. Ilin-a-y Vusefa spring 24 mounted on the pin l@ betweenv the ang-le 21and bar 9 so as to-force the'bar down- *Wardly and causelthfe plates 14 and-'15 to frictionally engage and "check the bar against unintentional movement-.v rIlhe fopposed faces of these plates are serrated, that is, are provided with rid-ges or protuberances 18 arcuatelyy arrangedeand adapted 4to engage one another and hold the seat in posi-Vu tion when the plates arefoiced together by thevve'ight` of the occupant on the seat or by the spring`24. I 1 r Inv moving the seat and bar when the seat V ris unoccupied 'the ridges 18 on the plates 14 and 15 Will ride over one another freely and not interfere Withl the desired movenient of the seat. The bar has sucient vertical play on itsy pivot -pin 10 to permit the Y spring 24 to yield and allow' the bar-'to be freely moved. The Weight of the bar and seat is ordinarily sufficient to' cause the plates 14 and 15 to so frictionally engage v,that unintentional movement of the seat When unoccupied is prevented, but to insure the prevention of this unintentional. movement. I may use the spring 24 hereinbefore described; y

The seat member 5 maybe vertically ad- I justcd toV the height to Suit the' particular Voccupant byV raising or lowering the standard 6 in the openings 11.y After the seat is adjustedv as desired it may be held in such .position by inserting the pin 12 through the Vproper openingZ so that the pin vvill rest on the bar 9. Y

Vith the construction hereinbeforefdescribed I provide al cheap, st-roiigtable seat which Will take up little or no 'room, andl .Will provide maximum comfort commensurate vvith'efliciency and convenience of yuse.

y I claim y p 1, A table seat structure comprising a pair of bracket members with flanges adapted to be attached in spaced and'horizontal position on a fixed supporting part, a carrying bar formed of channel iron having alined holes through its flanges at one end to receive a pin mounted in' the saidv bracket flanges, and a standard passed throughapertures in the flanges of the opposite end of the bar, said standard having` a seat on its upper end.

'2. A table seat comprising a horizontal channel iron bar disposedwith its Web upright, a bracket adapted to be secured to a support, aV pivot pin extending vertically through the bracket andthe flanges'of the bar, a Seat standard vertically adjustable on the bar, and a seat secured to the stand- Y ard. y n

3; A table,v seatv comprising a bracket adaptedto be secured to a support, a horizontal bar pivoted to the. bracket and having a flange overlapping thev bracket,.a seat mounted on the bar, and `means to restrain the swinging of the bar against movement on its. pivot when the seatV isoccupied, ccmprising serratedplates mounted on the bar and bracketrespectively and disposed between the overlappingflange of ysaid bar and the bracket.` Y

4. VA table seat compris; a bracket adapted to be securedtothe table, a seat supporting. bar, a v'pi-votn pin extending through the Ybar and bracket, serrated-plates disposed Vin engagement with one anether between the bar and bracket, said plates so j Vhaving openings Vtherein .throug-hvvhich .the

pinextends, a seat mounted :on said bar, and Y flanges on the plates engagingthe side faces of the bar and bracket. ,f Y

5. A. table seatV comprising apair Vof angle irons' adapted yto be secured to a table leg in spaced relation vertically, -apivot pin ex- Vtending vertically-through said angles, a

of angle irons forming .a bracket, a channelg iron bar disposed -With its :Wehr-.perpendicul'arly to parallel flanges of 'the angle iron, a pivot pin passing'through said vflanges and the flanges of the said bar, a seat having a standard lmounted ,notatively :1in the swinging end of the` bar and 'passing through the flanges thereof. l

adapted to -be secured to va support, a bar AL table seat comprising ai bracket 1 pivoted to the bracket, a seatmounted on.

the bar, a serrated platelon thebar, a serrated plate on the bracket and engaging the first named` plate, and. a spfringiltending to force the plates together.

In testimony `vvh'ereo-f, Ihave hereunto set my hand at San Francisco, California, this 26th day of July, 1919. l n iA Y y HAROLD MESTRE.

In presence of-` C. S. EVANS. 

